I need a passport. The wife wants to take the kids to Canada sometime since it's only 4 hours away.

What?!? We need pasports to go into Canada? It's been a while since I have been but we used to just waltz right in with no problems. Last time I went was around 2004 and I didn't need a passport then. Maybe things have changed.

I guess not technically, but it is supposedly easier than carrying a birth certificate and photo ID. I'm not sure how, but "they" say so.

kerrick

Number of posts : 2739Age : 32Registration date : 2013-07-17

Subject: Re: Random Ramblings Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:47 am

Driven wrote:

I picked up my passport today. I don't have to think about it until 2028, assuming we're still on the planet by then.

Be careful though! I forgot to renew mine until two days before Veronika and I were supposed to fly to Europe for her to defend her thesis. There was stress. However, despite all the crap the US government gets for its ridiculous bureaucracy, their emergency passport division is awesome. We drove up to San Francisco (the nearest location) in the morning and by the afternoon I had a brand spankin' new passport and was able to fly out the next day as planned. It was only $80 extra too which for that kind of service is totally fine! All that to say though, always check your passport long before you need to use it!

I didn't have any particular travel plans between the time it expired (last summer) and now. I had to turn down one or two spontaneous trips to the border, only about 45 minutes from here, but apart from that no major inconvenience. Just about everyone here has a passport, since somehow it's cheaper to travel abroad than locally.

Bill at Roxx records decided to have a live facebook drawing to give away several autographed copies of a Malachia publicity shot (from back in the day). He drew names from the people who preordered the upcoming reissue of Malachi's recordings. And little old me won one of them! I'm actually kind of excited about it (mostly because I seldom win anything, and it is actually something I will enjoy). Here is a copy of the promo shot along with the winners that Bill drew earlier today.

_________________"I used to be indecisive.......... Now I'm not sure."

The rest of us win, too, as the Malachia CD has shipped. We will be getting the Malachia and Stryper discs this week if we preordered!

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_________________I might have decided, or maybe not, that I should or shouldn't, depending on the issue or non-issue, to possibly share or not share, any thoughts, opinions, or facts (that might not be deemed factual by some), due to possible fear of any misinterpretation or retribution.

Thanks! I'm glad we can keep in touch here. I like the old forums better. The conversations are organized.

kerrick

Number of posts : 2739Age : 32Registration date : 2013-07-17

Subject: Re: Random Ramblings Sat Apr 21, 2018 9:18 pm

Facebook is evil. It's the best way for me to keep track of which bands are touring where, releasing albums when, etc. so I hang on to it. I don't use it for socializing hardly at all. (Though the "marketplace" has helped us sell some of our stuff pretty well.) One of these days I'll be getting rid of mine as well.